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u > THE THEWASIINGTONHERALSAZAPBIL19I1s WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY APRIL 19 19r 1908
BRAZIL BRAZ1LA A RICH LAND LANDControls LADControls
Controls Rubber Industry IndustryEntire of ofEntire ofEntire
Entire World WorldSUGAB WOlldSUGAR WorldsUaAu
SUGAR OANE ALONG COAST COASTHcpuullo COASTn CMSTflepu1Ic
Hcpuullo n putlfQ Produoen One Hundred and andTliiriyfivo andIblrty andTh1ryflvo
Tliiriyfivo Iblrty vo Million Dollars Worth Wortliof Worthot Vortbof
of Qoffeo for Bxport JJxportQnttle Cattle Rain Rainlux Rnlain itaiMIng
lux in Profitable in South Brazil BrasilUJ1eral BrazilMineral BrazilMineral
Mineral Retiource Abundaut AunndantThe AbundautThe AbundautTh8
The following tottowtng article upon Brazil its itsrubber Itsrubber Itsrubber
rubber jwoduatlon ooffee plantations rail railways railWaYs railvtty ¬
ways vtty and varied riches was prepared preparedspecially prop proparedpec1a11y red redpeclalJy
specially for Tho Washington Herald Heraldunder BeraJdunder Hsraldunder
under th tlui supervision of John Barrett Barrettdirector BBrrett BBrrettdIrector Barrettdiroetor
director of the Bureau of American Re Hepublics Republica Republics
publics from data furnished by the bu bureau bufeaU buyeau ¬
reau reauBrazil feaUBrazil yeaulitash
Brazil is I a wonderland Trees Tre in that thatlucky thatluolQ thathuoky
lucky republic yield a substance Jub taltee most mosteasily Blosttuilly mosteasIly
easily changed 1JS into gold Tnta Ttd Is rubber rubberThe rubberThe rubberThe
The United States Imported last year 1K 1
000000 > pounds of rubber valued at over overSO overf50OO over5oIG
f50OO SO < x > W > ThIs product II today one of ofthe ottb oftbe
the greatest necessities to industrial prog progress progresi progrom ¬
rom Stop Its it influx to any country for forR fora forft
R month and civilization would halt haltRapid haltRapid haltBapid
Rapid transit the telephone and other otherdevelopments otherdevelapmants otherdevelopments
developments of our era era1 including auto automobiles automobIles uto utomobl1oH ¬
mobiles depend upon rubber and ex eKoe uxceptiog excepting ¬
cepting oe tlng a few plantations 1l ntatlons in Africa and andAala andA andeta
Aala A eta la Brazil controls the rubber crop of oftha ofth attho
tha th world worldUp worldUp worldUp
Up the Amazon 1009 mflee m t to Manaos M3a0SLO
0000 LO miles further to Juntos In Peru PeruBtrateH Per Perstretea Ierotretch
BtrateH the t e forests that are part of Bm Bmills BnLIl8 Brastls
ills Il8 riches Thaee are jntxhWMtltt IexhUetI be because 1M 1MoaU b bcaus
cause oaU they are re in the troptoe where wh a anew anew anew
new vegetation springs up as soon as an anolder aaolder violder
older one on is attacked attackedCacao attackedCacao attackedCacao
Cacao Follows Rubber RubberAfter RubberAfter RubberAfter
After rubber comes cacao for the de denuded d dnUded dthded ¬
nuded rubber area are eeem well adapted dM fer forth fertJ10e ferths
th tJ10e lees native plant These forests of ofBrazil orBrazil ofBrazil
Brazil provide more than rubber how however however however ¬
ever They TBe are full of dye woods ef efmedicinal efmedicinal ofuedIcInai
medicinal plant and of trees which for forgeneration torgen8raU forgeneriUouo
generation gen8raU to come com will furnish build buildlas building bulkilzig
las w and d furniture material t 18 relieve our ourforests ourforests oirforests
forests of the demand upon them Along Alongthe Akmgthe Alongthe
the coast Is l an Immense ftH sugar > and cot cotton cotton cotton ¬
Brazil exports sugar and andwhenever anclwhenever andwbenever
ton region r on
whenever the call 1 JII made upon Her 1IMcan ihe ihecan he hecan
can supply BUPf > ly thte food te a larg large part of ofthe ofth ofthe
the th world woridThis worldThta worldThIa
This northern third of the republic may maybe 1111be mayI
be broadly entitled the Amaaon manoa baste basteFarther bItshLFarther baSInFarther
I Farther south in the middle third is the thegreat thegr thegreat
great gr at coffee district d1 trlct Brazil export exPOrted exPOrteclyear lat latyear lootyear
year 1J6oooooo l35OOO 1 OCO000 of coffee cO < ee more than half halfthe baltthe haltthe
the worlds supply The United States Statestook Stat Stattook Stateetook
took half of this crop The States of Riode Rio JUode hUede
and Sao Paulo PajOteare Paulearf Pauloare
de Janeiro Minas > Qeraes ae a
are rich with coffee plantation yet the theland tbeland theland
land still till unoccupied is I > capaW CJpabIe of pro producing producin producing ¬
ducing ducin food for millions of people Thl Thlis This Thla1s Thisis
is a point little appreciated by b the North NorthAmerican NorthAmerican NorthAmerican
American AmericanBrazil AmericanBraaU AmericanBrazil
Brazil is by no means a mountalnau mountalnaucountry mountal mountalcountry mountalu001country
country even compared with Mexico and andCentral IUICICentral andCentral
Central America Back k of the range rangeskirting 8I1Beskirting rangeokirting
skirting the cout the country te a pla plateau plateau plateau ¬
teau There may be heights of aW9 to
9000 feet but the extensive inland SJa of the therepublic thererubUc therepublic
republic is hill and valley with a tm tmj teIny tern3erate
for the home homeof bomof homesof
j 3erate > > erate climate well suited
of all races The elevation of 2608 ftOt to
4000 feet neutralises the proximity U to > the theTropic theTropic theTropic
Tropic of Capricorn and the abundance abundanceof
of water from the many riven interlacing interlacingthe interlad interladthp
the th land assure aiure against a drought and aa4tht a athe at atth
the th same me time furnishes power for all allmodern anlnodem allmodern
modern improvement improvementCattle ImproYelllenLCattle ImprOYemtflILCattle
Cattle In Southern Brazil BrazilThe nrazllThe llrnzIlThe
The southern third of Brazil i alto altogether altogether altogether ¬
gether within the temperate none Here Herecattle Herecattle Herecattle
cattle are grown and here here when the thewestern thewestern thewestern
western portions of the country are arebrought arebrought azebrought
brought urder cultivation all grains and andfruits aadfruits andfruits
fruits will flourum a as In Missouri MluourlThese MbmourlThese MissouriThese
These facts give emphasis to the tbetion asser assertion ooor ooortbon ¬
tion that Brazil is one of the lucky luck few fewamong fewamo fewamong
among amo the nations upon earth which has haswithin hUwithin hasWithin
within her own confines all the neces necessaries nece necesarles necelsaries ¬
saries for sutaining life and fostering fOlltertn clv civilization clvUization clvluxatIon ¬
ilization No European nation with the theprobable theprobable theprobable
probable exception of Russia Jnc1 Includingiberia including includingSiberia tD tDSiberia <
Siberia iberia can say as much Brazil in this thterespect thlarespect thisrespect
respect has to some extent the advantage advantageover advantaponr advantageover
over the United State States We cannot grow growrubber growrubber w wrubber
rubber or coffee or cacao Yet Braall Braallexports Brasilexports BTUIIexports
exports these In 1906 her exports exportsamounted exportsamounted exportsamounted
amounted to 266000000 265000000 and her imports importsto
to 165000000 And Brazil is never neg neglectful nec1ecttul negheetful ¬
lectful of her opportunities to encouragethis encourage enoouranthi encouragethis
this thi foreign commerce commerceOn comruErcQOn comnercoOn
On the beautiful harbor at Rto the gaY government IJOVfrnment gaYernrnent ¬
ernment is i now spending at least 4e000r 40000rIO 000
000 IO so 0 that the largest Ir eat steamer will soon soonbe 1iOO 1iOObe soonbe
be able to lead and unload with all aUchanical m mchanical me mechanical
chanical convenience at the waters edge edgeAt edgeAt edgeAt
At Santos where the coffee co ee come from fromar from fromarc fromar2
arc ar < j as fine docks as can be found on the theAtlantic thetlanUc theAtlantic
Atlantic tlanUc Ocean second only in size to but butnot butnot butTiOt
not surpassed d in convenience by those e at atBuenos atD atBuenos
Buenos D uenoli Ay Ayres res At the modern docks of ofManaos ofManao ofManaos
Manaos up the Amazon which cost co t 11 10
000000 oceangoing vessels ve ell are conveni conveniently conveniently conventently ¬
ently berthed At Mawlambu 18000030 OO0OtO will willsoon WIllOon Willsoot
soon Oon be expended Por Reelfe the port portbetter p portbetter rt rtbetter
better known as Pernambuco 1I 18000000 1OI0OOObae 180000001ms OIJOOO OIJOOO1a8
1ms 1a8 just been M appropriated appropr Lted At Rio RtoGrande RioGrande RioGrande
Grande do Sub SuI 10000000 10000 and more if ifnecessary Ifnecesury Ifnecessary
necessary I Is going nl to make that port portof JOrtof portof
of Southern Brazil one of the best out outlets outlets outlets ¬
lets for the tl eastern La Plata valley valleySteamers valleySteamers valleySteamers
Steamers Run to New York YorkBrazil YorkBrazil YorkBrazil
Brazil ha hu a line of steamers running runningto
to New York which carries carrl back a goodly goodlyshare goodlyshare goodlyshare
share of the IIS000090 I3IOOO0O of goods we ship shipto sblpto shipto
to her The balance went in ships under underother underother underother
other foreign fore a flags and only a few trifling triflingdollars trl trIflingdollars lng lng1011arl
dollars worth went under 1 uiidrthe the Stars and andStripes andStrtpei andStrIpes
Stripes StripesThe StrtpeiTb StrIpesThe
The Tb country although althCK1 agricultural is isnot Isnot Ishiot
not lack lacking In mineral wealth Gold has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been mined for centuries The diamond diamondfields diamondlleldll diamondIlelds
fields are second only 8al to those of Africa Africaand AfriCAand Africand
and nd coal In substantial bsttntll quantities has hasbeen basbeen hasboon
been found In the republic republicBrazil replbUcBrutl republicBrazil
Brazil has In operation lIMO mIles of ofrailway ofrailway ofrailway
railway with about 4000 in process proie of ofconstruction flODltrueUon Ofconstruction
construction An Au interesting feature OAtlre of ofthese otthe ofthese
these the e railway ratlw y systems is that they are areIan Are1an arefan
Ian like the point of convergence being beingsome beingsome beingsome
some seaport only few ports being con connected connected conected ¬
nected ected by internal commercial co merota1 communi communication qOmmunlaUon mmunl mmunlcation ¬
cation But the national government is istoday Isto Istoday
today to day fully alive aVI to the fact that to in increase Increase Inerease ¬
crease her activities something more than thanmarine thanInarlne thanmarine
marine commerce mmero8 is needed neededEncouragement neededEnoonrngeUlent neededBnoonrngemcnt
Encouragement to Railroads RailroadsEncouragement RnUroa1sEnooul1t RnIlroadsEneourgoment
Encouragement Enooul1t ment is therefore t eretore given to todeveloping todtvelopfDg todeveloping
developing the railway system within the theInterior the1nterlor theInterior
Interior It may be years before the capi capital oapltal capttal ¬
tal Rio de Janelro can be reached over overland overIand overland ¬
land from Para PanLat at t the mouth of the theAmazon thoAmazon th thAmazon
Amazon but the time will soon be here herewhen herowhen herewhen
when the traveler can go from Rio to toBuenos toBuenos toBuenos
Buenos Ay Ayres res by rail American n engineers engineerssje
fore re working workJn now OW on a a survey from the thesouthern thesouthern thesouthern
southern boundary of the State of Sao SaoPaulo SaoPaulo SacPaulo
Paulo to Porto Alegre Uegr From this ilil city cityonly cityonly cityonly
only a slight gap remains to be filled to tothe tothe tothe
the frontier of oturu Uruguay and from here a astraight aftraJght aetraight
straight line of rails leads to Montevideo MontevideoAmericans lItontlvldeoAmertcan MontevideoAmericane
Americans f are just beginning to appre appreciate appr8date approdate ¬
date this rich Brazil razlJ She has 882 8 muni municipalities municJpalitie8 municlpaliUes ¬
cipalities and they all are re alive to the thenewer thenewer thenewer
newer industrial problems The English Englishand EngUsl1and Englishand
and Germans long ago found investments investmentsprofitable Investmentsprofitable Investmentsprofitable
profitable The railways are in great part partEnglish partEnglish partEnglIsh
English Much of the harbor construction constructionwork oonstructlonork constructionwork
work ork is English If I Rothschild Co Cohave Cohave Cohave
have faith in the credit of this big re republic relubUe republic ¬
public so should the financiers ftnanc rs of the theUnited therllted thelrtited
United rllted States In fact Investments of ofAmerican ofAmerlcah ofAmericali
American money are increasing year by
p AVENUE BEIRA MAR RIO JANEIRO I
Great boulevard on sea front on which tha government of Brazil has spent many million of dollars
year Some of tho electric lighting of ofth otthe ofthe
th the cities is American the trolley service servieeof servloeRio serviceof
of Rio Siu > Paulo and Bahla Bahl are American Americanand AmeI1caand Americanand
and American financiers have no cause eau to tocomplain tocomplain tocomplain
complain Therefore the moro friend friendship trledship friendship ¬
ship of this character we show our trans transequatorial tntnseq transequatorial
eq equatorial tor1al neighbor the more cordial will willbe willbe willbe
be the relationship in the future futureMEXICANS tuturtMEXICANS futureMEXICANS
MEXICANS READ ENGLISH ENGLISHGrowing ENGLISHGrowing ENGLISHCrowing
Growing Demand for Magazines and andBooks nndBooks andBooks
Books in State of Coahuiia CoahuiiaMexico ConhullnlrexJe ConhullaMexlee
Mexico seems to feel the th desire for pub public publie publie ¬
lie education and nd advancement along in intellectual Intellectual intellectual ¬
tellectual lines This Is shown in the In Increasing tncreasing Increasing
creasing demand for Or books and maga magazines maglztnes mogazlnes ¬
zines and strangely enough the Maxi Mexicans MaxieRftS MaxIcans ¬
cans are specially desirous ef buying and andreading anareacUng andreading
reading periodicals printed in Onglisn OnglisnConsul 1Inl 1InlConsul hIgliahConsul
Consul Thomas Voettor writing from fromSaltillo froms1Ullo fromSeitillo
Saltillo s1UlloThe says saysThe saynThe
The authorities of the state of Coa Coahuiia Coabuna Conhulla ¬
huiia are devoting dltyo ng much attention att ntlon at atpresent atPfeHnt atpresent
present to education ad later < te this thisyear th thyear thisyear
year the normal school will be trans transf tra tratreel transforred
f erred to a large and wallequipped mod 1BOdern modem j jern
ern em building bUlkUn now under construction constructionWith conatruct1OaWith construcuonWith
With the increase in general education educationU educ tl n nIt
It te I certain that that there will be a greater greaterdemand greaterdemand greaterdemand
demand for books and magazines and andthe aa4aUentJen sadthe
the attention being given to t teaching teachingEnglish te teachingIIgIIsh ehl ehlB
English B IIgIIsh 18h cannot help hot > but create a market marketfor markettor market4n
for 4n books book in that language languageIt
It can be said that If American pub publications pubUeat1oM publicatlons ¬
lications translated into Spanish fiction fictionespecially ftcUoneapecJally flcttonespecially
especially > were brought on the market marketbore markethere markethere
bore here there would be some business done doneand donetel doned
and tel d the same im may be said of books print printed printed printad ¬
ed in Kngltsn but the demand would be besmall beamall besmall
small and it would not pay for dealers dealershere dealenhere dealershere
here to carry any large stock In view viewof viewoC viewof
of the future Increase in the number of ofeducated ofedUCAted ofeducated
educated persons it would OUki be wise not to toneglect toMSlect toneglect
neglect any opening however small H Hmight I It iutight
might t seem now nowOIL BOWOIL nowOIL
OIL IN THE FAR NORTH NORTHOozQjf HOItTHOOZ
OOZ OozQjf from Grouul rP1Ul 11 lint It Itl Source SourceIs Sour SourIs SourceItu
Is Hard to Find FindThe 1flndThe FindThe
The country that one posses from fromAthabasca fromAthabaaea fromAthabaaca
Athabasca Landing down to the arctic arcticRed arcticRed
I
Red River is I full of vegetation says ya a awriter awriter awriter
writer in the Geographical G phlcal Journal and andwill andwin andwill
will win in my opinion ost one day be settled settledIn Httl HttlIn nettledIn
In all the mission gardens at the differ different dlltWrent differout ¬
ent posts that I passed I saw wheat and andbarley aaclbarley nd ndburley
barley growing wtng potatoes lettuce l Uuoe tur turnips turnips tarnips ¬
nips carrots and every kind of oftable vege vegetable vegstable ¬
table that one grows in ones own gar garden Irden gzden ¬
den at home homeTho It ItThe homeme
The country is I thickly timbered near nearthe Rerthe nearthe
the banks af t the river and there are few fewplaces tevplaee fSwplaces
places in which you db not find large largepatches 1arppatehe largeptebe
patches of prairie You pad psa by 11 a IL great greatoutrush greatoutrush t toutnlab
outrush of natnral ral gas and ell is oozing oozinjcot ooztyoat oozingout
cot for miles tles along the river bank An Anearth Aaearth Anearth
earth movement movement has taken place result resulting resultIng ¬
ing In a line of of o fault which ia marked markedfor markedtor markedfor
for mere than 180 1 miles lIes along al ns the bank bankof aaltof bankof
of the Athabasca River RiverOut RiverOut RtyerOut
Out of thIs oft has bean oozing we wqedo wedo va vado
do not know for how long and no one onehas onebaa ensbaa
baa yt found the reservoir of oil which whichmay whichmay whichMay
may exist there A German noble the theCount theCount theCount
Count von Hammarsteln has spent a agreat ai agiat
i great deal of his ht own money and ACt time in intrying InI intrying
trying to find the reservoir re and I most mostsincerely mostDeere mostsincerely
I sincerely hope that he may be success suceessfuL stuL successful
fuL
fuLCoal
Coal and asphalt lt are a to be seen every everywhere eftr7wheN everywhere ¬
where wheN and A sd there tber are great salt It plains plainsnot plainsnot atne atnenot
not far distant dl tant
PINE INE SUBUBBAtf COTTAGE COTTAQEThe
The accompanying illustrations show the theelevation theelevation
elevation and firstfloor plan of one of the therecently therecently therecently
recently erected cottages In the sub subdivision subdivision subdivision ¬
division of Chevy Chase Md It was wasplanned wasplanned wasplanned
planned by Wood Donn Deming and andbuilt andbuilt andbuilt
built by the Chevy Chase Land Company CompanyThis CompanyThis CompanyThis
This cottage has been much admired for forits torits forIts
its sightly appearance from the outside outsidej outzldeand outsideand
j and the oozy comfort which greets gr ts on onon OM OMon oneon
on entering the house houseThe houseThe houseThe
The cottage is owned and occupied as asthe asth asthe
the th home of Mme Bachrach It Is 61 by b1I bt
12 3 feet in dimensions two stories high highand highAnd highand
and the design is of tho colonial type typeThe t18The typoThe
The exterior e terlor is pebble dash with stucco stuccowork stuccowork stuccowork
work ornamentation and with the vines vinesand vineand vinesand
and trees which stand near it the th house houseis houseIs houseIs
is one of the most striking in that sub subdivision Bubdivision subdivision ¬
division divisionThe divisionThe divisionThe
The main entrance Is at the side side through througha
I a handsome vestibule To the left of the thohall theball theball
ball Is the parlor opening into a loggia loggiabeyond loggiabeyond logglabeyond
beyond which leads to an exterior semi semiinclosed semlInelosed semiInbosed
inclosed porch ornate and cozy in its itsdesign Itsdesign Itsdesign
design To the right of the haIl is the thodiningroom thediningroom thediningroom
diningroom also opening into a loggia loggiabeyond logJPabeyond legglabeyond
beyond The kitchen is at the book of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the house opening upon a wide porch porchwhich porchwhIch porchwhich
which gives an air of comfort from that thatside thntside thatside
side sideThis sideThis sideThis
This cottage is prdbably pr bablt one of the most mostcomfortable mostcomfortable mostcomfortable
comfortable and cozy that Is to be found foundI foundabout foundabout
I about Washington built at raodcrfe cost costI
I
SDBORBABNORTHEASTGROWS SDBORBABNORTHEASTGROWSThree SUBDR SUBURBAN ANNORTHEASTGROWS ANNORTHEASTGROWSThree NORTHEAST GROVIS GROVISThree
Three Hundred Hun red Houses Built in last lastThree LastThree lastThree
Three Years YearsSouth YearsSQutl1 YearsSouth
South Brookland Ellnston Terrace TerraceIiangdon TerraceInngdon TerraceLangdon
Iiangdon Woodrldce and Slier Slierwood SherW09d Slierwood
wood Filling Fl1Un Up with Homes HomesThe fomesTIM homesThe
The development of the northeastern northeasternportion northeasternportloft northeasternportion
portion of the District Dtatrtct lying along Rhode BhodeIsland Rhodelalan4
Island 1 avenue from Bcklngton klngton to the theDistrict theDtfirIet theDistrict
District line line has been rapid during the thepast thoUt thepeat
past three t rH years ari Within 1 thln that time 390 or orWO orhGUHI orhouses
WO houses have been built In the suburbs suburbsof suburbsof uburb uburbof
of South BrookfeAd Brook eokland BHaaton llast n terrace terraceLangdon B TorracaLangdoa rrace rraceLaD
Langdon LaD Woodrldg WOOddc1 and Sherwood ana anaat andat antIat
at no tim time has there been a greater greateramount graa greateramount tar taramount
amount of building and Ad active work rk than thannow Ulannow thannow
now nowAbout nowAbout nowAbout
About three years ago there sprang up upat upat upat
at the District line the suburbs of Mount MountRainier MountalJder MountRainier
Rainier and Breutwooda Br twooda part varlJrlng lying in inMaryland InMaryland InMaryland
Maryland and a part within th the District Districtand Diatl1etaM Districtand
and so rapidly did these thee localities grow growthat growthat growthat
that today there are probably prob 1Jly 2000 G O in inhabitants InhaWtanta Inhabitants ¬
habitants where three or four years ago agothere aptbe agother
there tbe ther was nothing JaOthm but farm and timber timberland Umberland timberland
land Thus in the aggregate a te the now newpopulation nowpopulation nowpopulation
population eenttKd ee Nd In this part of the thaDistrict theDIalrlct theDistrict
District has Increased not less 1 than Sttft Sttftand I Iand LOOOand
and many residents reelde tJI of the District who whohave whohave whohave
have had no occasion to travel out in inthat litthat inthat
that direction would be sarprtadd to And Andwhat findwhat ftndwhat
what a growth has taken tak place in so soshort JIGabOrt soshort
short a a Urn UrnThe U Mbe timeThe
The opening O and Improving hn rovtng of Rhode RhodeIsland RhodeIIduul RhodeIsland
Island avenue ue through this territory has hasbeen hubHa hasbeen
bHa been one oC the mean mNAa of this develop development dieiop1D8IIt developmeet ¬
meet 1D8IIt and another may be properly cred credited crldIt eredIted ¬
ited It ell to the cheapness of the land The Theextreme Tileextreme Thoextreme
extreme range of prices U from 8 cents centsto aenUlto centsto
to SB cents a foot wttn a a fair average averagearound vwall vwallalOuaci veragearound
around It cents > a a foot Potomac water watergas watoreI watergas
gas eieetric eI Ughia ta1epb telephone e and other othereoorenlim otJtQrgly1LwJlable othercenvenisiseos
eoorenlim cenvenisiseos m at ens gly1LwJlable generally available anU anUthis aJfdthl aildthis
this yr sewerage OOWSZ will be extended so sothat sothat s sthat
that a large Ja proportion of this part J rt of ofthe otthe ofthe
the District will be served 1Ie servs The contracts contractshave oentraetsbave contractshave
have been let 164 the tb money has 1 beet bUt ap appropriated appropriated appropriatod ¬
propriated the work is progressing progressingrapidly pragressngrapidly progressingrapidly
rapidly and the Commissioners promise promisethat promlethat promisethat
that during the coming fiscal I year tar the thework thework thework
work will be completed completedMany completedMany completedMany
Many of the principal streets are mao macadamised maoadamlaed maoadainised ¬
adamised and sidewalks sidewaka have been laid laidin laidIn laidIn
in the moot mo t populous sections The Lang Langdon Langdon Langdon
don school i i central to most of this ter territory t4jKrttory triitory ¬
ritory and iid there is a new budding bUJId r DOW DOWhi J1QWIn powin
In course of construction to cost about aboutposo
poso 0000 000 which lIfett with the old building will willfurnish willfurnish 1U 1Ufurnlah
furnish atnpi mple pIe school conveniences up to tothe tothe tothe
the eighth grade for all 11 the chUdren now nowresident nowre nowresident
resident there There Titer is also building l1dlng this thisseason UlI UlIH80n thisseason
season a fire engine house to cost about aboutJ abouttOOOOhleh aboutI000
J tOOOOhleh I000 00 which will assure the locality localityagainst localityasalnal4roua leenlityagalnotdisaatrous
against asalnal4roua disastrous fires firesLocal 8 8Local fineLocal
Local stores 0 are numerous and every everylocal everylocal everylocal
local convenience such as laundry laun ry ice icegarbage Ice Icega Icegarbage
garbage ga bakery and vegetable toj 4leIIv 4leIIvcries flellv flellveries ell ellel1
cries el1 art ar as regular and plentiful as s in inany Inany inany
any part of the city There are no of offensive orteutve offensive ¬
fensive factories railroad ral d shops or gas gasplants gnsplaatt gasplants
plants zanhs asf e or colored settlements to toaffect toaffect toaffect
affect the th desirability de of the locality for
COTTAGE IN CHEVY CHEVYCHASE CHASE MD
HOME OF MuLE BACHItACII BACHItACIIPlanned UAJhItACIIPlanned
Planned by Wood Donn Deming built by Chevy Chsse Land Company
residential purposes The majority cf the theland theland theland
land is very high and much of it affords affordsa atror s sa
a magnificent view in all directions directionsThe dlroctlonsIhe directionsThe
The City CJh and Suburban Suburha Railroad tray traversing tra traorllng trayerring ¬
erring Rhode luiodo Island avenue is probably
the bosUused < suburban line In the Dis District DistrIct District ¬
trict and carries thousands of passen passengera passengers paesengers
gers from the city el through tho District Districtand Pl Districtand tnct tnctand
and out into Maryland as far as Laurel LaurelFor LaurelFor LaurelFor
For employes ompoyuot of the principal govern government govwnm governmont ¬
mont m nt departments departJ18 and the tb business businesshouses bustns8hOHM businesshouses
houses of the city no section is more moreconvenient moreoontnhmt moreconvenient
convenient or desirable do and It Is only one onefaro enoCaro onefare
faro with no change of cars to the theTreasury thelrAlUry theTreasury
Treasury TreasuryThere lrAlUryThero TreasuryThor0
There are a number of builders putting puttingup puttingup puttingup
up modern comfortable cottages cot gfNJ of five fiveto fiveto fiveto
to eight rooms each that can be b pur purchaeed purchued purchased
chased at from ICe t5 to LfOt U09 on very veryeasy nryeasy veryOSy
easy terms and there Is no place In I the
District where so JltLe money will 111 pur purchase purchaM purcha ¬
chase cha so much la the way of land and all
that goes to make up a desirable home homePOOTWEAB homeFOOTWEAR homeFOOTWEAB
FOOTWEAR IN MEXICO MEXICOSales MEXICOSnlo MEXICOSales
Sales Snlo of American 4jmerIcnnProduct Product Grow GrovrWithout GrowUllOUt GrowWithout
Without UllOUt Any Canvassing CnnvnsslnjrConsul CalnnulnJrConaul CanvassingConnut
Consul Luther T Ellswerth of Cnda4 Cnda4Porflrio CIndOdisrorfinlo
Porflrio Porftrto Din calls call attention In the tb tel following tol1o1nlr tellowing ¬
lowing report to th the excellent opening ope
for the extension of the sale of Anion American Amortcan Anioncan ¬
can footwear twear in Mexico MexicoTl iexJeoThe MexicoThe
Tl The sow of utfro 141 was w invested In InAmerican InAnaerleA inAmerican
American shoes and boots in XW by te tedealers OMdeaJera th thdealers
dealers In this part of the country It Itwas Itwu Itwas
was the merited reputation of these th anti articles arUcles antides ¬
cles des that delivered almost free tr roe of ex expease exPIUt oxpens
pease pens this trade to manufacturers and 5W
dealer 11 of the United Stales The rep p ¬
resentatives taun of American manufacturers manufacturersand
and dealers in footwear rarely visit this
district but the quality and style of their theirproduct thetrproduct theirproduct
product introduced here has given en such suchexcellent suchexcellent sucheuceiint
excellent satisfaction that this trade has
been secured socure almost t without solicitation I8IIe1 on
Mexicans J drew d their feet as a well as n
their means will permit some e paying 71 fl flto 5to
to JM 10 Mexican extcaa dollar or peso equals equalacents M Mcents 50cents
cents American Americ per pair for shoes or orboots orboots
boots and even toft the laboring people of ofthis oCth
this th part of Mexico wear good qualities qualitiesAmerican
American footwear has merited so much muchattention muchattentloa muchattention
attention and so pies pIeued d the people here herethat heretbat herethat
that they now demand It It regardless reg n of ofprice ofprice ofprice
price which is necessarily II Uf high hl because becauseof
of the M Mexican duties of from cents centsto centsto centsto
to 11 160 American currency per pair ac according aecordinG according ¬
cording to si siIt st stIt alesIt
It is stated that the dealers now cross crossthe CIOMthe crossthe
the Rio Grande and purchase their stock stockof atockot stockof
of the American dealers deal in Texas therefore there thentore theretore ¬
tore it may be confidently stated that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the present trade trad can Caa be Increased if ifgiven Ifgiven Ifgiveut
given the proper IHC attention attentionCANADIAN atteaUoaOANADIAN attestoiiCANADIAN
CANADIAN LABOR UNIONS UNIONSMany UNIONSi UNIONSlnn7 UNIONSMany
i
Many of Them Closely 010 ely Allied to toThose toTl10xe toThose
Those in United States StatesConsul StnteConaul StatesConsul
Consul H D Van an Sent sends from fromKingston eromKln fromKingston
Kingston ton the following folloWlngutt statistics ttea on ondma Cana Canadian Canadian ¬
dian labor unions unionsSome 111dOMSome UnionsSeine
Some of the labor organizations ot the theDominion theDoD theDonii1oa
Dominion DoD Dkm are closely allied 1Ud to those tbo e of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the United States Stt6I and while national or orprovincial orpro1ncIa1 orprovincial
provincial relationships do not enter into intotnls Intothis Intothis
this matter the bylaws bJa and regulations regulationsand regulationsand regulationsand
and generally the local oeal organization er tlon and andpurposes nc1pUIP andpurposes
purposes HII are on similar lines J e the theelevation tlMelevaUon theelevation
elevation and betterment of labor condi conditions conditions conditlons ¬
tions in the Dominion DomlnioaaAeeotdtng DominiouzAccotdtng DominionAccording
According to the figures pr of o the labor labordepartment la1HtrdopartlMnt Iabrdepartment
department the total number af labor labororganizations JaMrorganizations labororganizations
organizations formed in Canada during duringllOT
1907 was 232 m Z and of organizations dig dissolved dlsIOlve digsolved ¬
solved 68 being betD a net Increase during the theyear thoyoar theyear
year of 174 Compared with ith the thethro thethropreceding throe throspreceding throepreceding
preceding years the returns show a amarked amarked amarked
marked increase lIacrn in the activity aet1nt of the theorganization theorganization theorganization
organization organizationIn
In 1964 1 the number of organizations organizationsformed orgJUllZAUonsformed organizationsformed
formed was 154 and of organizations dis dissolved dissolved dissolved ¬
solved Si II a a gain of only OftSyIn H HIn RIn
In 1905 there was a a net loss Of two the theunions theunions theunions
unions formed numbering 108 If and unions unionsdissolved uAI uAIdissolved unionsdissolved
dissolved 105 lO There was an increase of of4t of4h
41 In the number of unions un 10M during ISM ISMThe 1JMThe 1504The
The year ear IMS h3O alone since records have haveb havebfen
b bfen < > n kept by the department tlepnrtm nt nt was more moreactive moreaUve moreattve
active than the season just past in re regard regard regard ¬
gard to the organization of workmen the thenumber thenumber thenumber
number of unions formed In that year yearbeing yearbel yearbeIug
being bel Jg 27S 75 and of unions dissolved M 1 a anet anet aret
net increase of 221 221Of mOf 221f
Of f the organisations formed last year
51 were formed by railway employes 43 43by oISby 4 4by
by metal workers and 41 In the building buildingtrades buildingtrades buildingtrades
trades Ninety Ninetyfour four organisations were wereformed wereformed wereformed
formed in Ontario 51 in Quebec 28 in inAlberta inAlberta inAlberta
Alberta and 22 in British Columbia ColumbiaCoal ColumbiaConI ColumbiaCoal
Coal Ontjmt in Great Britain BritainThe BrltnlnTho BritainThe
The total output of the Kingdom in lOOT iftTwas 1Ifjwas lOOTwas
was 267825276 tons The number ef f per persons perSons r rst1ns ¬
sons employed at the mines was 949618 949618an 91618an 94518an
an increase of 56278 271 over IMS The de demand demand doinand ¬
mand throughout the year QIlr was wa active activeand activoand activeand
and prices and wages wa were lucrative lucMLU to toall toall toall
all concerned The Tb strike which put
3600 miners out of employment in Not Nottinghamshire Nottlnghamshlro Nottlnghamshlro ¬
tlnghamshlro has been settled set l d by an anamicable anamicable anamicable
amicable compromise after aft heavy losses lossesto 031I 031Ito
to both owners and employes
I INTERIOR INT RIOR OF MME BACHRACHS HOMf HOME
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CHICAGO CHICAGOOF OF MEXICO MEXICOName IVIEXICOName
Name Applied to Ancient AncientCity AncientOity AncientCity
City of Monterey MontereyIS
IS A LEADER IN INDUSTRY INDUSTRYUna
lIaR Become Wholesale VholeJl le Trade and andDintributlngr nndDIJ1trlbutlnl andDistributing
Distributing Center Cent er for Northern NorthernStates NorthernState NorthernStates
States of Republic RelJObUcCondUlon Condition and andStatna lint1Statu andStatus
Status of the Farmers Who Vholur Vholurcha5e Vha run Purchase runchase ¬
chase Their Supplies There ThereAmong ThereAmong ThereAmong
Among the Industrial centers of the theUnited theCnlted theUnited
United States of Mexico M Xlco Monterey Uonter y seams seeroeto SMmI5to seamsto
to be making progress which promises pr mlS B to toplaco toplaco toplaco
placo her at the head of the commercial commercialcities commercialclUCff commercialcltie
cities cltie of that republic Monterey is In InNorthern InNorthern InNorthern
Northern Mexico and possibly p sslbly has re received recelvod nocelved ¬
ceived some Impulse from the activity activitydisplayed activit activitdisplayed activitydisplayed
displayed In our country but from what whatever whatever whatever ¬
ever causa cause Special Agent Butman writes writesgome writessome writessome
some interesting things about the enter enterprise enterprfee enterprice ¬
price and push pf the th Mexicans Icsns who whomake whomal whomake
make mal e Monterey their homo He says aysMonter saysMontere ays aysMonterey
Monterey Monter o Is called the Chicago h o of Men MerIco MexJco MenIce
Ice With a population of about 800M it itIB Itis
IB an active commercial city and one of ofthe ortho ofthe
the largest distributing points of the re republic republic nopublic ¬
public The territory supplied from this thiscenter thisHnter thiscenter
center includes the state of Nuevo Leon Leonof Leonot Leonof
of which Monterey is the capital e pltll por portions portton pertIon ¬
tions tton of the states of Tamaullpas and andCoahuiia andCoahuila nd ndCoahufla
Coahuiia and In fact the greater gr ter part partof partot partof
of Northern Mexico MexicoThe MexicoThe enco encoThe
The facilities for distribution dl trlbutlon are good goodThe goodThe goodThe
The Mexican Central C Railroad runs runssoutheast rUMlOuthOfLlt runssoutheast
southeast to the important Gulf port of ofTamptoo orTamplco ofTampion
Tamptoo 3 3 22 miles distant and north northwest northest northwest ¬
west est to Ciudad udad Juarez opposite opp ite E5 DI Paso PasoI Pasoon Pasoon
I on the Rio Grande The Mexican Na National Notlenal NatIenal ¬
tional lines lead eastward to Matanwras Matanwrasopposite 3tatamorasopposite ttaftlOra ttaftlOraoPpollte
opposite Brownsville north and east to toNuevo toNulYo toNuevo
Nuevo Laredo and north to Ciudad Por Porflrlo Perflrio
flrlo Diaz across the river from Eagle EaglePas kglePase EaglePass
Pas Pass PassThe
PasThe
The n fact that Monterey Is so important importanta ImportantIhv
a railway Ihv center has added a great impetus impetusi ItnlI8lUstoward impetustoward
i toward the establishment e of trades tnad il and andIndustries andIndutrl andIndustries
Industries Indutrl ill and the city is 1 now the most mostImportant mo mostImportant t tportant
Important portant manufacturing town in North Northern Northern Northccii ¬
ern Mexico I Its Us people are progressive progrttHtreIUId progressiveand progressiveand
and show wide wid activity in business at affairs atfn atfain ¬
fairs while wbU the vast manufacturing In Interests latera interat ¬
terests afford employment ptoYnMnt to t thousands tneueaitiswhose th thW thousandsWhO5
whose W WhO5 purchasing capacity may mIL well be betaken betAken betaken
taken Into account accountBecomea aeeountDecomes accountBecomes
Becomes a Sanitary Snnltnr CIty CltyOne CItyOhs UT UTOlle
One of the most complete sewerage eragl eragltems sys systems systesna ¬
tems known the automatic flush tank tanksyetem tankqscem tankzyetem
syetem is being Installed throughout the thecity thtd thecity
city d which when completed will place placeMonterey placeMonterey placeMonterey
Monterey in first rank a u regards units sanitation nltltloo unitsties ¬
ties A splendid new water system has hasI hubeen baabean
I been recently Insulted J ned and will be placed placedin placedoperation placedhi
in operation upon the completion eotII of the thesewerage theleWerae thesewerage
sewerage system Contracts for paving pavingthe pevingthe vtng vtngthe
the principal streets have been entered enteredupon enteredupon teNd teNdupon
upon which w h provide for asphalt 1t pave pavements pvem pavemonte ¬
monte m nta far the be central streets and brick brickI brick1ft brickIn
I In other instances m the latter over a con concrete C8ftcrew concysts ¬
crete foundationThe foundation foundationThe ovndaU4mThe
The old mute mulocars car cars have been taken off offthe ottoe offthe
the lines and replaced by the modern moderni mod modelectrio modernelectric
i electric car service nice which 1aICh system s7 tMn i J be being be beInS belog
InS enlarged by b the addition of new cir circuits 1reula eOneuits ¬
cuits R Riaj 4g estate t8t valve are Ana rm and andadvancing aMadvancing andadvancing
advancing considerable building Is going goingon sotngon goingon
on and SUId all In all the appearance e of this thtei thisNortben1 thisNorthern
i Northern Mexican city Is one of pros prosperity ptOIIpent prospeilty ¬
pent and advancement adVJUleementAmeng advancementAmong advancementAmong
Among the industries IRdvatri of pr prhjcJjBrt lt im importance I IportaJlft haportanee ¬
portance may 11I be mentioned db three large largesmeltitrs 1rtsmllhft ltreime1trs
smeltitrs foundries and the largest Iron Ironjand Ironnd ironand
jand and nd steel plant In 1 the republic capital capitallised capitalIud capital1s
lised Iud 1s d at to WOOMW Mexican and employ employIng em employtag t07 t07II
tag II under u d r full capacity 2099 2 ZO bands Ore Ocafor Orafor Orefor
for the th consumption of this plant Is Jcured se secured socured ¬
cured at Gokmdrlnas 1M kilometers kit kilometer kUoIPeter kitometor ¬
ometer equate eq 00 It of a mfl mile from the thejetty thealty thecity
jetty city en the National Railroad also from fromMoneteva fromMoneJowl fromMonelova
Moneteva in the state of Coahuiia and andis andIa andIs
is of high grade running to ii i per cent centThe eanLThe centThe
The output Includes pig pi Iron angle angleIron aniletrOft angleiron
Iron T iron gray iron castings bras brasand ruaaa4 brassand
and steel casting channels l steel I Ibeame Ibeam8 Ibooms
booms mild steel bars Mra octagon drill drillsteel clrlll8eeI dIILsteel
steel 8eeI and steel rail ratS IS 1 1C 11 90 5 S M 50to 4ft 4ftSO 4t 4tie
SO and If pounds Common laborers laborers in inthe IIIthe Inthe
the inauetry receive a wage of Sue SueskfIktd ILlSskilled Ut Utskilled
skilled workmen up to Ii 5 Mexican per perday perclay perday
day The output of the plant I I In no nowise noiiufficlen nowise
wise sufficient t to meet the demands of ofMexicos otMexicos ofMexicos
Mexicos iron and steel teel markets which whichafford whlehaflon Whichafford
afford large opportunities for American Americanmanufactures Ameriaulmanufactures Americanmanufactures
manufactures of the same order orderWoolen orderVnolen orderWoolen
Woolen nnd Other OtberInIustrles OtberInIustrlesOlher Industries IndustriesOther IndustriesOther
Other industries include woolen and andcotton lidcotton andcotton
cotton mills candy factory and brick brteklyards brickrtls brickyanils
lyards rtls A cement manufactory has as been beenraoontly Menrooen beenrecently
recently rooen y established thirtyeight kilome kilometers kilometers Idiomterfl ¬
ters north of Monterey Mont y The Th plant is iscomplete 15complete Iscodlete
complete and modern in every respect respectand resp respectand t tand
and is equipped with the best machinery machineryfor
for crushing grinding and burning burnl by bythe byUte bythe
the most improved methods The raw rawmaterial rwmaterial rawmaterial
material used Is from properties owned ownedby ownedby ownedby
by the company which is known as Ce Cementos ee eementos C Cmentos
mentos HWalge S S A The rockbuilt rockbuiltwater rockbuiltwater
water 1 ter reservoirs re of the plant have a ca capacity capacity cspacity ¬
pacity of 1000090 1000 gallons while the ca capacity eaINu enpacity ¬
pacity INu lty of the factory is stated to be bebarrels M Mbarrels l lbarrels
barrels daily The laboratories are 8 ia iacharge Ineharge hicharge
charge of o expert American chemists chemistsThe e1Mml8tsThe chemistsThe
The Cuauhtemoc Brewery perhaps perhapsthe perhapsth perhapsthe
the th largest and most I108t important brewery breweryin
in the republic is situated in Monterey Montereyand M Montereyand nterey ntereyand
and is a a very successful commercial en enterprise enterpriso enterprise ¬
terprise The establishment covers S000 S000COO 2 2we OIJO OIJOsquare
COO square fe feet t of land with an admira admirably admirably admlzably ¬
bly well equipped factory having a a capa capable CAPAble capshIs ¬
ble output of 100000 bottles per day daymanufactured da damanufaeturM daymnutaetured
manufactured according to the most mostmodern mostmodern mostmodern
modern processes roee Ms The fermentation de department de deparlment dopartnient ¬
partment contains 75000 is barrels and the theboiling theboiling thehailing
boiling department 275 barrels Electric Electricity E1ectrlcIty Electricity ¬
ity furnishes furniShes the motive power of 2000 2000horsepower 008horsepower 2000horsepower
horsepower Employment is given to toLoo
1100 1 persons The output for the last lastyear Jastyear lastyear
year was valued at l4XI8000 O OOQ Mexican MexicanThe llexJeanThe MexicanThe
The tonnage brought to Monterey by bythe bytho bythe
the railways centering here is second secondonly HCOndonly secondonly
only to that carried by the railways to toone toana toone
one other oily in Mexico and that the thecapital UUtcapital thecapital
capital city cityWhat cityhat cityWhat
What hat the Estate Qvrners nUT DnyMonterey nUTIonterey BuyMonterey
Monterey being a center for wholesale wholesaletrade whol1etrade wholesaletrade
trade trade I would mention perhaps first fi t of ofall otall ofall
all tho hacisndados or farmers who wbooo whooolne whoeclue
oo oolne toe into the city elt in large numbers for fori forneeded forneeded
i needed supplies of every character The TheHaeitndado Thebaellndado Thellneiendado
Haeitndado IB a large buyer and AS eel scientific selttllUfic eelentitle ¬
entitle agriculture advances and the per personal personnl personal ¬
sonal requirements of tho laborer grow growmore growmoro growmoro
moro advanced he will without doubt be become bocomo become ¬
come one of the beet buyers in Mexico MexicoThere MexicoThera MexicoThere
There are in tho republic about 10600 ha haciendas haciend hacicadas ¬
cicadas ciend s or farms with which the same samenumber samenumber samenumber
number of usual farms in the United UnitedStates UnitedStatOfl UnitedStatus
States may in no wise be compared comparedAll comp comparedAll red redAll
All Mexican farms cover large estates
1800 acres being considered con ldered small and the theaverage theavcrage theaverage
average size varying from 10000 to 600600 600600acres OOCOOacres 000000acres
acres I am told of the existence e lstenoe of one onehacienda onehacienda onehacienda
hacienda in the northern stats stat of Du Durango Durango Diirango
rango comprising c nprislng 10080600 acres acresThe nMosThe acresThe
The farmers have their managers mana gars sub submanagors sub submllnagors submanagers
managers bookkeepers timekoopers timekooperscashiers UmeklulperlcashIers timekasperscashiers
cashiers and hundreds of laborers while whilethe whUethe whilethe
the home of the owner or resident mana manager manager macager ¬
ger is large and fine In addition to tofarming tofarming tofarmIng
farming machinery and implements implementswagons Implementwftsons Implenietgwagons
wagons hardware paints roofing well welldrilling welldrllltng welldrilling
drilling machinery windmills weighing weighingscales weighingscales weighingscales
scales blacksmith and carpenter tools toolsplantation toolsplantation toolsplantation
plantation railways c c needed for use useon useon useon
on the estate the farmer will buy office officefurniture ofilcefurniture omenfurniture
furniture typewriter and safes afs house housefurniture houseturnlture housefurniture
furniture sewing machines and phono phonographs phonographs phonegraphs ¬
graphs and since Ince the Mexican hasten haciendados haclendados hastendados
dados may in tact be considered dealers dealersthemselves dealersthemselves dealersthemselves
themselves they must purchase by the thewholesale thewholesale thewholesale
wholesale certain supplies necessary n cessary for forthe forthe forthe
the outfit and maintenance of their small smallarmy smallarmfot smallarmy
army armfot of dependents dep ndents
4 The Suburb SuburbBeautiful SuburbBeautiful
Beautiful of ofWashington ofWashington
Washington WashingtonThis WashingtonCHEVY WashingtonCHEVY
CHEVY CHASED CHASE ii C CThis CThis
This is the one section that appeals app a15 to the discriminating home homeseeker homeseeker homeseeker
seeker He fully appreciates apprec t s the value of the beautiful combined combinedwith combinedwith combinedwith
with the great greatbenefits fbenefits of having the home in a refined progressive progressiveneighborhood progressiveneighborhood progressiveneighborhood
neighborhood where each and every resident is striving to further furtherbeautify furtherbeautify furtherbeautify
beautify and improve improve his property propertyChevy propertyChevy propertyChevy
Chevy Chase D C has unexcelled sewerage drainage and andwatjer andwater andvatjr
water systems finest transportation facilities for one fare a car carfrom carfrom carfrom
from U S Treasury every 15 minutes cars from the Loop every
7 734 > minutes beautiful shade trees and hedges wide macadamized macadamizedavenues macad macadamizIavenues miz d davenues
avenues excellent excell nt mail telephone and electric light service j all allhousehold aUhousehold allhousehold
household supplies delivered daily at city prices highest and andhealthful andhealtl1ful andhelthful
healthful healtl1ful location ample school and church facilities facilitiesPRICES facilitiesPRICES facilitiesPRICES
PRICES LOW TERMS TO SUIT SUITSIZE SUITSIZE SUITsIz1
SIZE sIz1 OF LOTS TO SUIT ALL ALLWise ALLWise ALLWise
Wise restrictions insure its freedom for all time from fromnuisances fromnuisances fromnuisances
nuisances nuisancesWe nuisancesWe nuisancesWe
We are showing several pretty cottages cottagesin in Chevy Chase D DC DC DC
C ready foil occupancy which we will sell on easy terms termsTHOS termsTHOS
THOS J FISHER CO Inc
738 Fifteenth Street N W v
BUSINESS OUTLOOK OUTLOOKHOPEFULLY OUTLOOKHOPEFULLY OUTLOOKHOPEFULLY
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of trade and now the financial and in industrial IndQatrtaI Industrtal ¬
dustrial air is clarified by y the storm of ofthe oCthe ofthe
the panic and the position of the bus business bustflea I Inee ¬
ness flea world must be vastly better off than thanit thanIt thanit
it was a year 11I and a half ago with the thepanic thepanle thepnlc
panic impending impendingMuch InapllKilQClUuch ImpendingMuch
Much Depends Upon Crops CropsMuch CropMueh CropsMuch
Much depends upon the agricultural agriculturaloperations agrtculturalopenttona agriculturaloperations
operations for the year with reference referenceto
to the ease with which the industrial industrialequilibrium IndustrialultnJrtum IndustrialoiutUbn1um
equilibrium ultnJrtum will be reached Upon the thecotton thecotto thecotton
cotton corn and wheat crops of the thecountry thecountry thecountry
country will depend in a large measure measurethe me measurethe sure sureUte
the prosperity pro pertty of the next twelve months monthsThe monthsTAe monthsThe
The Agricultural Department recently recentlymade recentlymade recentlymade
made public its estimate of the worlds worldswheat worldswhMt worldswheat
wheat crop of 1M7 It was shown in that thatstatement thatstatt thatstatement
statement that the shrinkage in the yield yieldof yieldof yieldof
of wheat for the Ut year was wasbesbel 329000000 329000000bu0tt 0000000or
bu0tt besbel ls or r nearly earl 11 per cent of the thewhole thewhole thewhole
whole wholeWhile wholeWhile
wholeWhfle
While the harvest of ICQi wag unprece unprecedentedly unprece4entedly unprecedentodly
dentedly large t still the shrinkage of last lastyear lastyear lastyear
year was sufficient to make itself felt feltIn feltIn feltIn
In alt the productive Industrial and andfinancial andftMAdal andfinsnciI
financial operations of the world The Thegovernment ThesovlClJment Thegovernment
government does not attempt to show showto showto showto
to what extent this shortage in wheat wheatwas wheatwu wheatwan
was eontribtttive to the worldwide de depression de depreMIa depresslost ¬
pression In business 6 of 1M7 but that it itwas Itwu Itwas
was a contributing influence need not notbe notbe notbe
be argued arguedNow arguedNow arguedNow
Now Jf t the wheat crop the cotton crop cropand cropanel cropand
and th the corn crop of IMS 10 shall be near nearthe n8tlrthe nearthe
the highwater mark for those products productsthe productsthe productsthe
the recovery from the effects of the 1907 1907i 1907nuftClal 1907financial
i financial troubles will be oe rapid and andsanitary andaaJqtary andsalutary
sanitary sanitaryShortage aaJqtaryShortage salutaryShortage
Shortage In This Country CountryIn
In this country last year 101600000 101600000bushels 10Uoo000bUlibe1 101040000bushels
bushels less wheat were raised than in inIWt In1A1 inxiii
IWt The harvest was Ute smallest t forseven for toreevea foraeveat
seven years and nd the returns from the thegreat theIMt thegreat
great wheat belt this year eer have become a amatter amatter amatter
matter of much anxiety not only to tooperators toopelKton tooperators
operators in I the wheat pit of Chicago but butto butto butto
to the great milling interests and all the theindustries theIndustrIes theindustries
industries on this continent conUDentIt continentIt
It is yet too early to make iDAke predictions predictionsand predictionsnet predictionsand
and the government experts are not notventuring notventvrlng notventuring
venturing Into the realm of prophecy but butat butat butat
at the present moment the crop outlook outlookis
is such that the speculative prices of the thegrains thegrains thegrains
grains and cotton are much depressed depressedBears d8 deprosedBears res ed edBean
Bears in the markets of Chicago New NewOrleans NewOrleaM NewOrleans
Orleans and New York have had mat matters matte mattern ¬
tern te their own way for many weeks and kndbut andJaat ind indhat
but week new low levels were made In Inmost inmoMt inmost
most of the t farm products largely upon uponthe upontbe uponthe
the hope of good harvests harvestsOutlook harvestsOntJook harvestsOatlool
Outlook Essentially Hopeful HopefulFrom JIopefnlFrom HopefulFrom
From the best sources of information informationtherefore Informationtherefore informationtherefore
therefore the outlook is essentially hope hopeful hopeful hopefui ¬
ful The demand d nd for iron one of the thegreat thegreat thegreat
great pointers in the trade of the world worldhas worldhu worldhas
has increased in the last month metals metalsgenerally metalsgeaMI1lUy metalsgenergily
generally Including copper are a little littlestronger Uttlestronger littlestronger
stronger and in the market for railroad railroadindustrial raUr08dIndustrial railroadindustrial
industrial and other securities where whereliquidation whereliquidation whoreliquidation
liquidation of the most drastic character characterhas characterhas characterhas
has taken ta I place plae there is evidence of slow slowi slowbut 510 510but
i but sure improvement There will be beno bito ba5l0
no return for several years to the inflated inflatedprices Inftatedprtees Inflatedprices
prices oi stocks and bonds of March 1006 1006but 1006but 1006but
but between the high figures of that thatmonth tblltmonth thatmonth
month and the low figures of last October Octoberthere OetoberUhre Octoberthere
there is room for great improvement and anda andmovement anda
a movement hi the buying and selling se lng of ofsecurities ofseeUriUM ofsecurities
securities that will make fortunes for forthose forthose forthose
those who are wisely holding the bonds bondsand bondsand bondsand
and stocks bought during the depression depressionof
of the past few months monthsAll monthsAll monthsAll
All reviews of the situation lead to the thesame theStUDe thesame
same end Times are better recovery In Inevery Inevery Inovary
every line Is working Itself out and now nowis nowIs nowIs
is the time of all times in this generation generationto
to embark upon business enterprise to tobranch tobranch tobranch
branch out conservatively and be sure of ofgood ofgood ofgood
good profits a short time hence The Thefinancial Th Thfinancial Thefinancial
financial industrial and commercial dc dci departments d dpantrnent
i parUnents of the worlds won1n work are in bet better better bettat
ter shape sh pe today than they have been en in infive Infive infive
five years It Is no time for the pessimist pessimistbut pe pessimistbut simist simistbut
but essentially the Inning of the optimist optimistlnUCK optimistLnJeK optimistLakes
Lakes Superior nnd Erie CImnnelR CImnnelRConsul ChnnnelAConsul ChannehsConsul
Consul Harry A A Conant of Windsor WindsorOntario WindsorOntrlo WindsorOntario
Ontario referring to the improvement of ofthe ofthe ofthe
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large part of the work done in 1997 con consisted conalsted conaisted ¬
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of the Detroit River Rhrof of which about SO SOper SOper SOper
per cent was in Cahadlan waters within withinhis wIthinhis withinhis
his consular eomlUl r district In 1907 the work workperformed workperform workperformed
performed perform d consisted of the removal of otOOO
2009000 OOO cubic feet of material of which whichabout whichabout whichab9ut
about 16 hI per cent was S either limestone limestonebed limestonerock limestonebed
bed rock or the overlying ove lying material a alarge alargo alarge
large portion of which required explo explosives explosives exploalvOs ¬
sives The present channel will be nearly nearlycompleted noarlycompletod nearlycompleted
completed In IMS and an another channel channelthirteen chMnellhlrtMn channelthirteen
thirteen miles In length will ba b com commenced commenced cornmenced ¬
menced The commerce passing passlngthrough passlngthroughtbe through throughthe throughthe
the Detroit River in 1907 was roughly roughlyestimated roughlyesUmated roughlyestimated
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